Uruguay has a strong history of broad-based social welfare and solid democratic institutions building on a deeply ingrained preference for equality and political consensus, which is still very present today.
... See More + The country enjoyed the highest human development standards in the region during the last century. While the country has faced adverse developments in recent decades, these standards remain high, and Uruguays society is still among the most equitable in the region in terms of income distribution and social indicators. This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) covers the years 2010-15 and is aligned with the countrys development vision. It proposes a Bank lending program of approximately US 700 million dollars, together with an active International Finance Corporation (IFC) program and a strategic joint Government-Bank program of Analytical and Advisory Services (AAA). The CPS will provide for flexibility to enable the program to respond to emerging needs. Rather than providing a detailed blueprint of the terms and scope of the partnership between the Government and Bank, the CPS aims at laying out the guiding principles for shaping this partnership. While it specifies the programs identified for the initial years of the partnership, sufficient flexibility is built into the CPS to allow for responding to evolving government priorities and needs.
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The Banks assistance program for Uruguay aims to support the Governments objective to increase social inclusion and reduce inequality. To this end, the program will: (i) support institutional strengthening for social inclusion, particularly the newly established Ministry of Social Development, the Institute of Womens Affairs (IWA) and by creating mechanisms for NGO outreach; (ii)strengthen the analytical underpinning by building upon previous analytical work, such as the recently completed study on social tariffs, and through regular poverty monitoring, inequality monitoring, and social analysis; and (iii)mainstream social inclusion and stakeholders analysis into project design and implementation.
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The Banks assistance program for Uruguay aims to support the Governments objective to increase social inclusion and reduce inequality. To this end, the program will: (i) support institutional strengthening for social inclusion, particularly the newly established Ministry of Social Development, the Institute of Womens Affairs (IWA) and by creating mechanisms for NGO outreach; (ii)strengthen the analytical underpinning by building upon previous analytical work, such as the recently completed study on social tariffs, and through regular poverty monitoring, inequality monitoring, and social analysis; and (iii)mainstream social inclusion and stakeholders analysis into project design and implementation.
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